Workers have begun converting an army barracks into accommodation for 600 male asylum seekers – despite furious opposition from locals in the small town next door.
Residents are in revolt over the plans for Crowborough Army Training Camp in East Sussex, with 2,000 people flooding the streets for a noisy protest yesterday.
But work has started to prepare the site, with a secondary security fence and residential huts erected, communal bins installed and high-speed fibre cabling laid out.
Crowborough has a population of about 22,000. The turnout at the demonstration, in that context, looks very impressive. They are protesting at an army camp housing 600 illegal migrants.
They chant "we want Starmer out", as passing motorists toot their approval. pic.twitter.com/DXRcoksw5s
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